Soft moustokouloura (grape must cookies). Greek Moustokouloura (Grape must cookies) are actually very healthy as they don't contain any butter or dairy products (vegan) and are also ideal For this moustokouloura recipe we use grape molasses which in Greek is called petimezi. Petimezi is the juice of the grape (grape must) that has. Greek Grape must cookies - Moustokouloura. Autumn is here and it is time for moustokouloura. Moustokouloura are special cookies, very tasty and super healthy.
They are special because their main and characteristic ingredient is grape must.
This recipe for grape molasses cookies, or Moustokouloura, is made with petimezi, a sweetener that dates back to the Bronze Age.
Combine the oil, grape molasses, and sugar in a saucepan.
You can have Soft moustokouloura (grape must cookies) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Soft moustokouloura (grape must cookies)
- Prepare 800 g of cake flour.
- You need 250 g of sugar.
- It's 15 g of baker's ammonia.
- You need 12 g of baking soda.
- It's 12 g of cinnamon.
- Prepare 5 g of clove.
- You need 10 g of cocoa powder (unsweetened).
- Prepare 150 ml of oil.
- It's 200 ml of boiled grape must.
- You need 100 ml of honey.
- It's 180 ml of water.
Stir well and boil for several minutes until completely blended. The star ingredient in these chewy, soft cookies is grape must or petimezi, a syrup-like grape molasses. The dough is traditionally shaped into thin rolls that are then swirled into medium-sized round cookies. Moustokouloura cookies are truly unique and a must-try.
Soft moustokouloura (grape must cookies) instructions
- Whisk the oil, grape must, honey and the water for 5 minutes with a whisk or use a mixer until the sugar melts..
- Mix the baker's ammonia, the baking soda, the cinnamon, the clove and cocoa powder in the flour..
- Add the liquids to the flour. Knead until you get an incorporated mixture..
- Form the moustokouloura and place them in a deep baking tray that you have lined with parchment paper. Cover with aluminum foil or if your baking tray has a lid, use it to cover it..
- Bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees in the convection element. Check on them since each oven has its own temperature..
- When you take them out of the oven, let them cool and then place them in a plastic bag or a cookie jar so that they remain soft..
Grape Molasses is Grape juice that's reduced by simmering for quite some time. It's a very sweet liquid that can be light as a syrup or thick like honey (depending on the cooking time). Steadily sift in the flour until you get a greasy but firm dough that is easy to form the cookies. Take a little knob of dough at a time and shape it into small, short sticks. Place on the baking tray with enough distance from each other as the moustokouloura will rise. "Moustokouloura", from "moustos" (grape must) and "koulouria" (cookies), are perfect for breakfast, for a snack or with a cup of coffee.